Chapter 19 Engagement
More than ten days later, Cai Yong's arrival temporarily ended Ao Lie's tragic cultivation life. Cai Yong's arrival this time was at the invitation of Liu Yu to discuss the engagement between Ao Lie and Cai Yan.
The ancestor Wang Ao was also happy, so naturally he would not force Ao Lie to practice martial arts anymore. This also gave Ao Lie time to get along with Cai Yan Ni again.
In the lobby of the county magistrate's mansion, Liu Yu sat in the main seat, Wang Ao Zu sat in the first position under his left hand, and Cai Yong sat in the first position under his right hand. Liu Yu took the lead and raised his wine glass and said, "Bo Yi came from afar, and the carriage and horses were exhausted. I'll drink this cup full of people, so I can welcome you."
Cai Yong said, "Boan, don't be too busy drinking. This time I came, I also brought the emperor's edict. Let Lieer, General Lu Bu and General Zhang Liao come to the lobby."
When Liu Yu heard this, he immediately understood that more than ten days ago, he wrote to the court to express the great military achievements made by these three people, and now he should have received the reward. So he immediately sent someone to call the three people to the lobby.
After a while, the three of them walked into the lobby. Cai Yong first glanced at Ao Lie and saw that Ao Lie had grown much taller and stronger, and he was happy. When he turned to look at Lu Bu, he saw that Lu Bu was upright with his hands, not only showing off his talent, but also majestic; when he looked at Zhang Liao, his face was like purple jade and his eyes were as bright as stars. Just looking at his appearance, you can see the extraordinaryness of these three people, none of whom were mediocre and inaction.
Cai Yong stood up, walked to the middle of the lobby, and read loudly: "The Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty said: The Huns repeatedly violated the border and were extremely evil. The captain Ao Lie led the army and was brave enough to defeat the Xiongnu cavalry and was specially awarded the title of General Weiyuan; the common man Lu Bu was brave and good at fighting, and was appointed as the Captain Fenwei. Within three months, he would go to the Governor of Bingzhou to serve; the commander Zhang Liao, the commander of the military was moderate, and he was appointed as the captain of Yueqi, and obeyed the order under General Weiyuan. Impressed this!"
Ao Lie and the other two knelt down on the ground and said in unison: "I will receive the order to thank you!"
After reading the edict, Cai Yong handed the edict of the emperor to Ao Lie and said with a smile: "The virtuous nephew was ten years old and was named General Weiyuan. It is an unprecedented event. In the future, both the virtuous nephew, Lu and Zhang, will need to work harder." The three nodded and said yes.
With a smile, Cai Yong turned to Liu Yu and said with a smile: "Brother Bo'an, there is another edict issued by the emperor to you. Please accept the edict." Liu Yu was stunned when he heard this, then immediately got up and walked to the hall, and knelt down on the ground. Cai Yong took out the second edict and read it: "The Emperor Ling of the Great Han Dynasty said: Liu Yu, the prefect of Jiuyuan, works diligently for the people, and has outstanding political achievements. In this battle against the Xiongnu, he was in good command and killed tens of thousands of elite soldiers of the Xiongnu. Liu Yu was promoted to the governor of Youzhou and was in charge of the position of Sui Bian General, and took office within one month."
Liu Yu took the edict with both hands and said, "My minister Liu Yu, I will thank you for your kindness!"
Afterwards, everyone sat down again and started drinking happily. At the banquet, Liu Yu said to Cai Yong: "Brother Bo Ji, look, did you take this opportunity to settle the marriage between Lie'er and Yan'er?" Cai Yong smiled and said: "Okay, okay, please, Brother Bo An orders people to choose auspicious days. Before you take office, let's make a kiss for them."
Ao Lie was very happy when he listened to the conversation between the two, but he was troubled by the inconvenience of interruption. Although he was itchy and slutty, he did not dare to speak rashly. Lu Bu and Zhang Liao saw Ao Lie's expression. After they had been together for a long time, they naturally knew Ao Lie's thoughts. They looked at each other and then laughed loudly at the same time. Ao Lie was made of red faces by the two of them laughing loudly, and hurriedly lowered his head to hide his embarrassment.
Three days later, the county magistrate's office ushered in a grand event, which was the engagement ceremony between the second son Ao Lie and Cai Yan. The county magistrate's office was flooded with festive red inside and outside, and festive objects such as red curtains and candles could be seen everywhere.
In the lobby, Ao Lie was wearing a black dress with red embroidered auspicious clothes, which looked even more heroic and upright. Cai Yan was also wearing a light red dress, which made her look so beautiful that she had first seen the beautiful city and the whole country. The two stood side by side in front of Liu Yu and his wife and Cai Yong. Ao Lie stepped forward first, picked up a cup of fragrant tea, and handed it to Cai Yong with both hands: "My father-in-law, please taste the tea." Cai Yong said with a smile: "Okay, okay." Then, Cai Yan also picked up a cup of fragrant tea and handed it to Liu Yu.
He said shyly: "Father, please taste tea." Liu Yu laughed a few times and took the fragrant tea. Cai Yan picked up another cup of fragrant tea and handed it to Mrs. Ao. This time the shyness in his tone faded a lot: "Mother, please taste tea." After all, Cai Yan and Mrs. Ao have been together well these days, and in private, Cai Yan has already changed his words to Mrs. Ao's mother. Mrs. Ao took the fragrant tea with a smile and praised: "Yan'er is so good, you are beautiful today." This sentence made Cai Yan's little face blush even more.
Next, the two sides exchanged love for each other. Ao Lie took out a rare jade pendant made of red warm jade with a giant dragon circling and handed it to Cai Yan. This jade pendant was made by Ao Lie when Ao Lie was born. Ao Lie's grandfather, Ao Lie's grandfather, made for Ao Lie based on the strange phenomena that appeared in the sky. Because Ao Lie went to Jiangdong to go back, he did not appear at Ao Lie's engagement ceremony. Cai Yan took out a golden hairpin with the scenery of mountains and flowing waters engraved. After the two exchanged love tokens with each other, the engagement ceremony was completed. When Ao Lie was sixteen years old, he could marry Cai Yan. This was discussed by Cai Yong and Liu Yu.
A day after the engagement ceremony, Cai Yong proposed to say goodbye. In fact, he wanted to stay for a few more days, but the imperial edict of Emperor Ling was very clear that Liu Yu would go to Youzhou to take office within one month. Now, nearly ten days have been delayed because of Ao Lie and Cai Yan's engagement, so Cai Yong naturally could not delay Liu Yu's time. Moreover, according to the laws of the Han Dynasty, as an angel who issued the edict, Cai Yong would return to the court as soon as possible after issuing the edict.
When we were about to part, the most uncomfortable thing was undoubtedly Ao Lie and Cai Yan who had just gotten into the engagement. They stood face to face with each other hand in hand, speechless for a long time, and no one could bear to say goodbye first.
Finally, Cai Yong sighed and said to the two people who said goodbye to Yiyi: "Okay, Lie'er, you should go back and help your father pack up. Your father is not far from taking office." Liu Yu said on the side: "Yes, Lie'er, Yan'er, you are already engaged, are you still worried about not having a good time? Brother Bo Yi is going back to the court to report his life. Don't delay Brother Bo Yi's itinerary."
Hearing the persuasion of his father-in-law and his father, Ao Lie squeezed out a smile that was almost as good as crying at Cai Yan: "Yan'er, go back to Luoyang with your father-in-law." Cai Yan's eyes suddenly fell two pearls like tears, and she sobbed softly: "I'm waiting, you come to Luoyang to find me." Ao Lie nodded vigorously and said, "Don't worry, I will definitely go to find you, Yan'er, if the two love lasts for a long time, how can they be there?" Cai Yan murmured: "If the two love lasts for a long time, how can they be there? Then, Yan'er will be there in Luoyang, waiting for her husband to meet." After saying that, he forced himself to bear the reluctance in his heart and turned around and walked onto the carriage.
Seeing Cai Yan getting on the carriage, Liu Yu smiled and said to Cai Yong: "Brother Bo Ji, the journey is smooth, and in addition, take good care of a certain daughter-in-law." Cai Yong shook his head and smiled: "You guy, it's serious to take good care of my son-in-law for me!" After saying that, the two couldn't help laughing.
After the two of them had a fuss, the atmosphere of parting was diluted a lot. Ao Lie walked to the carriage and bent down to salute Cai Yong: "My father-in-law is safe all the way." Cai Yong reached out and patted Ao Lie on the shoulder, and did not say anything more, turned around and walked onto the carriage.
With the rugged sound of carriages and horses, the carriages of Cai Yong and his daughter were gone. Although Ao Lie couldn't give up, even though Cai Yan kept turning back on the carriage, he could not stop the wheels from turning forward.
Just as Ao Lie was still staring at the Yiren who had disappeared from sight, a thick voice sounded from his ears: "All people have left, why are you watching? While you have a few days left, hurry up and practice me to make up for all the gaps in these days." Ao Lie immediately looked bitter and turned his head with difficulty. He looked at the ancestor Wang Ao who had come to him at some point. He smiled bitterly and said with a wry smile: "Master, do you want to be so cruel?"
The old ancestor Wang Ao's face calmed down and said in a deep voice: "What? Do you still have to rush you to practice martial arts by yourself?" Ao Lie quickly shook his hand hard and said: "No, no, I will go now, go immediately, go immediately." The joke, asking the old ancestor Wang Ao to take action, isn't that asking him to take action? So, Ao Lie walked to the courtyard where he usually practices martial arts.
Next, there were another tormented days. Wang Ao took Ao Lie to do his daily homework repeatedly, which made Ao Lie suffer every day, but Ao Lie never said any complaints. His previous experience in practicing martial arts told him that only by enduring hardships can he become a superior person. Martial arts have no end, so what Ao Lie can do is grit his teeth and struggle to keep moving forward and forward again on the road of martial arts.
Time flies quickly, and in the blink of an eye, another three days passed. On this day, Liu Yu decided to take office in Youzhou without any subordinates, but only brought the whole family and young, of course, Shuang'er and Wang Ao to follow. The group set off quietly in the early morning. It has to be said that Liu Yu is a qualified prefect. He did not want to and would not hold a farewell party that would cost the people and hurt money, so the scene of setting off quietly happened.
But when they walked to the city gate, they found that a large number of soldiers and people were already standing at the city gate, waiting quietly for Liu Yu and others. Standing at the front of the farewell team was the current Fenwei Captain Lu Bu. After seeing Liu Yu and others coming, Lu Bu walked to Liu Yu's carriage and bowed down and saluted: "Report to the prefect, the last general Lu Bu, lead the army and the civilians to see the prefect leave!" After saying that, he did not forget to glance at Ao Lie with the corner of his eyes.
Ao Lie turned over and got off the horse and walked to Lu Bu, feeling a lot of emotion for a moment. After more than two years of getting along, the relationship between Ao Lie and Lu Bu is no less than the brotherly affection of the three brothers Liu, Guan and Zhang who were praised later. The two brothers practice martial arts together, go to the battlefield together, destroy the Huns' invasion together, and hand over their backs to each other on the battlefield together, shouting the oath of living and dying together. Scenes after scenes in the past have reappeared in their hearts bit by bit.
He stretched out his hand and grabbed the other person's arm tightly. Both of them had a lot of things to say to each other, but when they were at the mouth, they couldn't say anything. Thousands of words were all in the tight grip of the two brothers, and water ** reunited.
"Greatly send you to Prefect Liu!"
"Premier Liu must remember us fellow villagers!"
"Premier Liu, during your tenure, we ordinary people have lived a good life, and we thank you!"
"In the future, when my child grows up, he will definitely ask him to go to Youzhou to join the army and follow the prefect!"
The people started shouting in a verbal voice, but the seemingly chaotic shouts were filled with gratitude for Liu Yu. The people of this era didn’t care who the emperor was. What they cared about was that they could have enough food and clothing. Whoever could bring them such a good day was the hero in their minds!
With the shouts of the people, under Liu Yu's rule, thousands of elite soldiers in Jiuyuan, who had always been known for their strict military rules, knelt together without any orders, with reluctance on their faces. These elite soldiers were brought out by Liu Yu. Although Liu Yu's specialty was to govern political affairs, his open-minded character and broad mind deeply moved these arrogant soldiers and generals at all times. I don't know who took the lead in whispering: "Bo attacked the Western Rong, Bo Yan returned, went out to Peng Peng, and the spring day was delayed..." Then thousands of soldiers whispered: "Since I see a gentleman, I will think about it now..."
Liu Yu, who was sitting upright on the horse's back, was crying and chanting softly: "The emperor ordered me to go to the city, but the king's orders are difficult, and the king's affairs are difficult..."
Finally, everyone sang, "I'm so angry that I'm so angry, snow and rain, and I'm so ugly when I'm so angry!"
After the song was finished singing out of the car, Liu Yu turned over and dismounted, and said to the onlookers and the soldiers kneeling on the ground, "Yu's elders and comrades respect each other, and death is enough!"
When thousands of soldiers heard this, they couldn't help but shed tears and cried bitterly, "Greatly send me the prefect!"
Chapter completed!